I have to accept that my perspective is biased and probably not indicative of what’s best for the largest player base in the community: casuals/lower skilled players.
My experience is entirely molded by the early days of non-ranked matchmaking, where everyone played everyone and natural hierarchies emerged by virtue of the player’s ability.
SBMM works in opposition to that idea. Awesome for ranked modes but not for non-ranked modes.
But the important thing is that I am in the MINORITY. I want skill to determine who wins more. I get upset when my Gold-level friends win more than me— not because they are more competent than me, but because they are in the democratic that the publisher wants winning as much as possible.
So in that regard, by virtue of being above average, I have to accept that I actually deserve to win at the same rate (or lower), because that benefits the company and the community as a whole. Of course, this realization prompts me to question whether I would even want to be part of a community that under-compensates competence— but that’s another discussion...
@hayhorYes we have, and as always I value your reasonable responses.
Heck, I don’t even want ZERO SBMM— I just want it to where players can feel their improvement by virtue of them out performing average players.
It is what it is. The industry isn’t going to change. I need to change.
